Harworth Group PLC Result of AGM (7410Z)

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RNS Number : 7410Z

Harworth Group PLC

21 May 2019

21 May 2019

LEI: 213800R8JSSGK2KPFG21

Harworth Group plc

Results of Annual General Meeting

Harworth Group plc (the "Company") announces that at its Annual General Meeting held at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday 21 May 2019 all resolutions in the notice of annual general meeting dated 16 April 2019 were passed by the necessary majority on a show of hands.

Details of proxy voting instructions received in advance of the Annual General Meeting are shown in the table below and will be posted on the Company's website, www.harworthgroup.com.

 
 Res.      Brief Description        Votes for      %      Votes against    %       Total votes       Votes 
  No.                                                                             (ex. withheld)    withheld 
 Ordinary resolutions 
        To adopt the Company's 
         Annual Report 
         and Financial 
         Statements for 
         the financial 
         year ended 31 
 01      December 2018             264,079,545   100.00           3,068   0.00       264,082,613      23,194 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To declare a final 
         dividend of 0.633 
         pence per ordinary 
         share in respect 
         of the financial 
         year ended 31 
 02      December 2018             264,099,008   100.00           1,573   0.00       264,100,581       5,226 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To elect Ruth 
         Cooke as a director 
 03      of the Company            264,035,814    99.99          18,631   0.01       264,054,445      51,359 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To elect Angela 
         Bromfield as a 
         director of the 
 04      Company                   264,066,582   100.00           7,823   0.00       264,074,405      31,399 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Alastair 
         Lyons as a director 
 05      of the Company            264,035,241    99.98          41,392   0.02       264,076,633      29,174 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Owen 
         Michaelson as 
         a director of 
 06      the Company               264,055,026    99.99          21,680   0.01       264,076,706      29,101 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Lisa 
         Clement as a director 
 07      of the Company            264,025,510    99.98          49,031   0.02       264,074,541      31,263 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Anthony 
         Donnelly as a 
         director of the 
 08      Company                   264,018,368    99.98          54,895   0.02       264,073,263      32,544 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Andrew 
         Cunningham as 
         a director of 
 09      the Company               264,065,314   100.00           8,320   0.00       264,073,634      32,173 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Steven 
         Underwood as a 
         director of the 
 10      Company                   264,056,486    99.99          16,930   0.01       264,073,416      32,391 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-elect Martyn 
         Bowes as a director 
 11      of the Company            264,041,614    99.99          32,043   0.01       264,073,657      32,150 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To approve the 
         Directors' Remuneration 
         Report for the 
         financial year 
         ended 31 December 
 12      2018                      263,888,099    99.93         183,964   0.07       264,072,063      33,744 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To approve the 
         Directors' Remuneration 
 13      Policy                    258,180,271    99.93         191,584   0.07       258,371,855   5,733,952 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To re-appoint 
         the Company's 
 14      auditors                  263,996,957    99.96         101,441   0.04       264,098,398       7,409 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To give authority 
         to the Directors 
         to determine the 
 15      auditors' remuneration    264,063,368    99.99          35,740   0.01       264,099,108       6,699 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To authorise political 
 16      donations                 263,882,929    99.93         190,334   0.07       264,073,263      32,544 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        Authority to allot 
 17      shares                    264,003,144    99.98          65,621   0.02       264,068,765      37,042 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To approve the 
         Company's 2019 
         Restricted Share 
 18      Plan                      258,329,037    99.99          24,790   0.01       258,353,827   5,751,980 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To approve the 
         Company's 2019 
         Share Incentive 
 19      Plan                      264,003,366    99.98          51,299   0.02       264,054,665      51,142 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
 Special resolutions 
        Authority to dis-apply 
 20      pre-emption rights        254,901,960    96.53       9,157,321   3.47       264,059,281      46,526 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To authorise the 
         Company to purchase 
 21      its own shares            263,993,088    99.96          98,937   0.04       264,092,025      13,782 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
        To reduce notice 
         of general meetings 
         (other than AGM) 
 22      to 14 clear days          263,610,526    99.81         490,712   0.19       264,101,238       4,569 
       -------------------------  ------------  -------  --------------  -----  ----------------  ---------- 
 

The number of ordinary shares in issue on 21 May 2019 was 321,508,546 ordinary shares. A vote withheld is not a vote in law and is not counted in the calculation of votes for or against a resolution.

Copies of all resolutions passed, other than resolutions concerning ordinary business, have been submitted to the National Storage Mechanism. They will shortly be available for inspection at http://www.morningstar.co.uk/uk/NSM.

-ENDS-

Enquiries:

 
Harworth Group plc 
Chris Birch, Company Secretary                                  T: 0114 349 3131 
                                                                E: [e-mail] 
 
 
 

About Harworth Group

Listed on the main market, Harworth Group plc (LSE: HWG) is a leading regenerator of land and property for development and investment which owns, develops and manages a portfolio of approximately 21,000 acres of land on around 120 sites located throughout the North of England and Midlands. The Group specialises in the regeneration of large, complex sites, in particular former industrial sites, into new residential developments and employment areas (harworthgroup.com).

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